Beth Orton, Lisa Hannigan for John Martyn tribute album

When John Martyn passed away in January 2009 just weeks after being awarded an OBE from the Queen, fellow musicians rushed to pay their respects to a genuine folk music legend. Now that admiration is being taken one step further with work on a tribute album well underway. Among the ladies taking part are Beth Orton, Lisa Hannigan, Vashti Bunyan, The Swell Season’s Markéta Irglová and Morcheeba’s Skye Edwards, with additional contributions from Beck, Snow Patrol, Devendra Banhart, Paolo Nutini, Vetiver, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, David Gray, ex-Verve members Nick McCabe and Simon Jones (aka The Blackships) and a rare solo track from The Cure’s Robert Smith.

Here’s a potential tracklist:

Beck, ‘Stormbringer’
Snow Patrol, ‘May You Never’
Robert Smith, ‘Small Hours’
The Blackships, ‘Rope Soul’d Or Sapphire’
Beth Orton, ‘Go Down Easy’
David Gray, ‘Let The Good Things Come’
Lisa Hannigan, ‘Couldn’t Love You More’
The Swell Season, ‘I Don’t Want To Know’
Paolo Nutini, ‘One World’
Devendra Banhart, ‘Sweet Little Mystery’
Vetiver, ‘Go Easy’
Vashti Bunyan, ‘Head & Heart’
Skye Edwards, ‘Solid Air’
Ted Barnes feat. Gavin Clark, ‘Over The Hill’
The Blind Boys Of Alabama, ‘Glorious Fool’
Brendan Campbell, ‘Anna’
Sonia Dada, ‘Dancing’
Sabrina Dinan, ‘Certain Surprise’
John Wayne, ‘Oh My God’
Foley, ‘Clutches’
Nicholas Barron, ‘Angeline’
Cheryl Wilson, ‘You Can Discover’

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